Enterprise Solutions Architect
The Enterprise Solutions Architect is responsible for leading the design and governance of Jeel’s digital architecture landscape, ensuring its alignment with strategic business goals, compliance obligations, and agile development practices. This role plays a vital part in enabling Jeel’s Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) model through innovative, secure, and scalable technology solutions. The role ensures the development of future-ready architecture by integrating cloud-native principles, APIs, microservices, and platform modernisation.
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Seniority Level
4
Employment Type
On-site, Full-time
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, maintain, and evolve Jeel’s enterprise architecture framework and roadmap.
- Define and enforce architectural principles, reference models, and design standards for APIs, cloud, integration, microservices, and security.
- Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Governance
- Develop and evolve Jeel’s enterprise architecture vision, principles, and governance frameworks.
- Ensure all architecture artefacts are aligned to business strategy and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain architecture documentation, blueprints, and reusable frameworks.
- Technology Leadership & Solution Design
- Design cloud-native, modular, and API-first solutions across Jeel’s digital ecosystem.
- Enable microservices adoption, containerisation, and DevSecOps alignment across platforms.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure architectural decisions meet delivery timelines and scalability targets.
- Research and assess emerging technologies and recommend relevant adoption strategies.
- Lead architectural due diligence for new technology partners and vendors.
- Ensure vendor solutions align with Jeel’s enterprise architecture principles.
- Partner with business, product, engineering, and security teams to translate requirements into architecture decisions.
- Lead discussions with external stakeholders including Riyad Bank’s technology, risk, and compliance teams.
- Ensure architecture decisions are clearly communicated and supported by relevant parties.
- Define scalable, resilient, and secure designs that optimise infrastructure performance and cost.
- Ensure technical designs incorporate best practices in security, recovery, and availability.
- Champion architectural innovation in digital banking, fintech integration, and open banking protocols.
- Contribute to internal capability-building and upskilling across architectural disciplines.
- Maintain awareness of industry shifts and advocate for modernisation.
- Comply with Jeel’s policies on workplace safety, quality, and environmental sustainability.
- Perform any related assignments in support of Jeel’s technology mission and strategic priorities.
Who We’re Looking For:
Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
Why Join Jeel?
A Thriving & Fun Work Culture
We believe work should be exciting and rewarding, and we foster a collaborative and engaging workplace
Work on Groundbreaking Projects
Be part of major digital banking and fintech transformations in Saudi Arabia
A Powerful Network
As a subsidiary of Riyad Bank, you’ll gain access to top-tier industry connections and endless growth opportunities
Career Acceleration
Grow with us in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment, where your ideas matter
About Jeel Digital Innovation
Jeel Digital Innovation is not your typical workplace — we are an innovation hub shaping the future of fintech, digital banking, and emerging technologies. As a subsidiary of Riyad Bank, we combine the agility of a tech startup with the backing and stability of a major financial institution.
We work on some of the most exciting digital projects in Saudi Arabia and beyond, with a team of ambitious, forward-thinking professionals who thrive in a collaborative and fun work environment. If you’re passionate about technology, transformation, and making a real impact, this is the place to be!
